Community MOST WANTED

[UllyB]

Some more WIP for B/D model. The meshes work mostly finished.

 

 

[UllyB]

Ladies and gentlemen!

Our community most wanted entered (the FCK-1 for who reads the first time this thread) into its upper test phases. We thought it might be a good idea and a nice surprise for you, to let YOU (yes, you heard well, and yes, you are welcome! LOL), all, test a plane version. What we ask from you is to test it and let us know what you think of it so far and we embrace any constructive critics from you or ideas/suggestions you might have, to improve the model. The testing phase will last for two weeks, period after we would love to hear your input. Thank you all!

Stay tuned and ready ;)

Edited July 18, 2023 by UllyB

[anunk47]

I never ride on real plane whole my life, I'm suck at gaming too.. let alone modding My English is gibberish, even neighbor cat's despise me.. 

you need SF2 Test Pilot? Count me IN! 
  

[+simonmiller416]

If you don't mind, I'm happy to be another test pilot

 

(Hey, do you accept devastating advice?）

Edited July 17, 2023 by simonmiller416

[UllyB]

I will commence the upload Saturday , to give some time for people to learn about the event. Thank you and stay tuned for Saturday.

[UllyB]

Ladiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiies and Gentlemen !!! ( continuous and annoying drum rols!)

 

Here's the pack for you delight tasting ! Oops, I said tasting ? Well, you all know it was testing :)

Don't by shy, be wild and rip it apart, take it for a spin in your virtual skies and, (whispering) in two weeks , here, at the same hour and place, you let me know what you think, will you ?

 

PS - I won't spoil it telling you here what version it is, I let this surprise for you to unwrap it home, when you will open it ;)

Test pack.7z

Edited July 22, 2023 by UllyB

[+Gepard]

You had forgotten to include the cockpit into the test pack. I changed the ini file  to CockpitDataFile=F-16A_Netz_cockpit.ini and the plane was available.

While first tests i found a bug with the shadow of the plane. There is a small black line between plane and the shadow on the soil. See here:

 

[+EricJ]

That's funny, it was available to me as a flyable (no cockpit though and I saw the shadow line) plane when I selected it, though of course no cockpit. Other than that it flies well for me, able to take the turns and stuff easily.

Edited July 22, 2023 by EricJ

[UllyB]

No, I didn't. I said in the beginning that there will be no cockpit for the moment. Being a "demo" (test pack) it was intutitive that it will need a substitute cockpit which everyone can pick. So no big deal here. Problem solved.

I'll take notes of all your observations. Carry on!

 

PS - the cockpit to which that line in cockpit.ini file sends (F/A-18) it was just used for our tests, that's all.

Edited July 22, 2023 by UllyB

[+daddyairplanes]

On 7/22/2023 at 10:58 AM, UllyB said:

PS - the cockpit to which that line in cockpit.ini file sends (F/A-18) it was just used for our tests, that's all.

well that would explain why EricJ could fly no probs and Gepard had to fiddle abit

EricJ is CA's Mr  Hornet

[+EricJ]

Haha more like Super Hornet. I don't fly the Hornet enough to care about it.

[madvad]

Well, it was a hell of flight test!!! 

During my test drive, escorted by my wingman in a ROCAF´s M2000, I was surprised by a chinese J-15 who send me some love, but I was fortunate to return to base with my test plane.
He SURVIVED, so its a good thing!!! 

My 2 cents:

- (I changed the afterburner effect for another, to satisfy my personal taste, and needed to apply a F/A-18 cockpit to fly)

- I think the rudder visual movement need to be decrease a little, to some like the F-16, FBW planes do not have so much amplitude of movement in the rudder.

- The only issue I detected its the black line coming from the cockpit, like said in the post above.

Congratulations and thanks for the work of everyone involved!

 

Edited July 25, 2023 by madvad

[UllyB]

On 7/22/2023 at 4:51 PM, Gepard said:

You had forgotten to include the cockpit into the test pack. I changed the ini file  to CockpitDataFile=F-16A_Netz_cockpit.ini and the plane was available.

While first tests i found a bug with the shadow of the plane. There is a small black line between plane and the shadow on the soil. See here:

 

 

 

I looked carefully and switched between all shadow levels. I don't see that black line. Strange...

Is there anyone who, too, didn't notice it ?

Edited July 25, 2023 by UllyB

[+Gepard]

I tested it further and found out, that the black line does not appear in normal flight, but if you roll the plane on the back, then the line is visible.

no black line:

black line, seems to come from the cockpit frame

[anunk47]

Done testing Phase I.

Flightmode : Normal, Full Autopilot. Map Formosa Mod. Loadout AA. 
Verdict :  All AI controlled Aircraft, include Player Selected, take off and landing nicely. stable Terrain contour flight and responses to Manual/Auto Pilot/formation instantly.   
no shaking or "break dance" in formation level flight. 

Phase IA.

Flight Normal Mode, weapon Hard, Loadout AA, Mission Intercept, Map Formosa Mod, Pit F-18C, Wingman/Crew 0 point.
Result: No Probs with flight mode,  manoeuverability quite good,  also squadron's AI.
Maybe, the FM are close to realistic, in high G, fast changing of AOA, speed decrease considerably, even power in full AB. (i.e: in close dogfight). 

Model itself are good, quite playable and enjoyable even in low spec office laptop. no fuzz in loading up to 6 planes. Haven't notice the shadow issue. (All my graphic setting are set to Medium).

Cons: Never face a fight of 4 J-11s with full  armed R-77 alone. just Don't!  

[UllyB]

20 minutes ago, Gepard said:

I tested it further and found out, that the black line does not appear in normal flight, but if you roll the plane on the back, then the line is visible.

no black line:

 

black line, seems to come from the cockpit frame

 

I still don't see it, please see the pictures. I switched again through different settings for shadow and tried it in more maps. However we will take a look at the issue. Thank you for your input Michael.

 

 

Edited July 25, 2023 by UllyB

[+Gepard]

The line comes from HUD or cockpit panel, when you fly inverted and the HUD is in line of sight with the shadow. It is not visible from any direction, but only on certain directions.

 

[UllyB]

ok I'll keep digging to get to the bottom of this. I'll let you know the results soon.

[UllyB]

Yeah, I noticed it after rolling quite a bit time in Israel2 map. And , yes, at certain angles in Oy and Ox. We'll investigate.

 

[UllyB]

Please test this LOD and let us know if the shadow thing was fixed. We tested and didn't find that black line anymore with this fixed LOD.

https://files.fm/u/zh2py64w5

[UllyB]

4 more days to go for the test. Please don't forget Saturday to let me know your impressions/suggestions. Thank you.

[UllyB]

It is Sunday folks, anything you wanna add about the test please ? Anyone ? :)

[anunk47]

2 hours ago, UllyB said:

It is Sunday folks, anything you wanna add about the test please ? Anyone ? :)

I have reported days ago above. So far haven't found anymore trouble.. (I'm not a FM guy anyway.) I'll give QC PASS! lovely plane to fly.   

[+Cliff7600]

Testing (and editing) over the welcoming kingdom of Dhimar

 

[Nightshade/PR]

I've been using it in different terrains & scenarios, and haven't found anything to say "this is an issue"; at least, not for me. And I never saw the black line that others saw. I saw it in their screenshots; just not on my screen. I'm looking forward to the full release. You KNOW I'm going to nuke something with it first chance I get!!! 

Edited August 10, 2023 by Nightshade/PR